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Tunisian businessmen pin hopes on stability in Libya
One United Nations study estimated the Libyan crisis was “responsible for 24 percent of the deceleration of economic growth” in Tunisia from 2011-2015.
Monday 05/07/2021
A freight trailer truck drives along the international highway linking Tunisia’s southern town of Ben Guerdane to Libya . (AFP)
TUNIS – After years of war in Libya, Tunisian traders celebrated the reopening of the border with their oil-rich North African neighbour as a positive sign they hoped would stimulate economic growth.
In the hardscrabble Tunisian coastal town of Ben Guerdane, some 30 kilometres from Libya’s frontier, merchant Jaafar Ben Ali said it was a big relief.
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In the hardscrabble Tunisian coastal town of Ben Guerdane, some 30 kilometres (18 miles) from Libya s frontier, merchant Jaafar Ben Ali said it was a big relief
After years of war in Libya, Tunisian traders celebrated the reopening of the border with their oil-rich North African neighbour as a positive sign they hoped would stimulate economic growth.
In the hardscrabble Tunisian coastal town of Ben Guerdane, some 30 kilometres (18 miles) from Libya s frontier, merchant Jaafar Ben Ali said it was a big relief. Now that the war (in Libya) is over, and that the borders are open, it is much easier, said Ben Ali, who crosses to Libya to buy Turkish-made blankets. I do a round-trip in a day.